B Benders - Everything You Need To Know

In this video, I go through everything you need to know about B Benders, including how they work, different types and a history of famous B Bender guitar players and brands.

Timecodes
0:00 - MUSIC - "B Bender Strut"
1:18 - Introduction
1:25 - What is a B Bender?
2:48 - History of the B Bender
3:26 - Clarence White
4:45 - Bob Warford
5:16 - Evans Benders
5:48 - Joe Glaser B Benders
6:54 - Hipshot B Bender
7:27 - Other famous B Bender players

Music - 'B Bender Strut', written and produced by Scott Poley.

Disclosures: All opinions are my own. Sponsors are acknowledged.



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[Ben-xzlf]

I used to think it had no purpose but it does give that controlled steel sound. Very cool

[MonteD]

There was also a pedal pull string prior to Clarence and Gene building it. The "#1" plays very nicely. (I'm playing it in my profile picture.) My personal bender is a Hipshot.

By the way, you put more info in 9 minutes than most longer videos do. You earned my sub with just this one video.

[markmiwurdz]

@Scott Poley | Pedal Steel | Guitar. Thank you for your work on this video explaining the B - Bender. You may already know this. I have seen a B - Bender device made by Jackson Steel Guitars which fits over/onto a Telecaster bridge. So you don't need to have your treasured vintage Tele' drilled out or routed to fit the mechanism. The device - called "The Edge"is palm operated, and you can fit more than one 'Bender. Apparently the founder of the company Harold "Shot"Jackson is the "Sho" in the "Sho - Bud" brand of PSGs and the "Bud" is from Buddy Gene Emmons who partnered Shot in his business fron 1956 onwards. So these guys should know what they are doing!
I am left - handed so am always looking out for leftie musicians. The only professional lefty PSG player I have ever seen was Martin Jenner. Martin played pedal steel with The Everly Brothers at their Reunion Concert at The Royal Albert Hall way back on the last century! Check him out playing alongside Albert Lee on that gig. When he retired Martin emigrated to Australia and spent his last years there. I think he died back in 2007 (?). May he Rest In Peace. Also Lloyd Green or Lloyd Maines is naturally left - handed, but learnt the PSG right - handed due to the problems in finding a southpaw instrument.
Thanks again for your work. You and yours stay safe and well.

[TeddyRayThomas]

Good guitar work. Tuned in when I saw B bender to see if you would mention Clarence. Thanks.

[gunzrloaded]

When I played in a country band years ago I always found that bending the G string and playing notes on the B and E at the same time or separately gave a more pedal steel sound effect.
I now have a Fender American Nashville telecaster with a Parsons-Green bender on designed a machined part that turns this B-bender into a G bender.All you have to do then is drill a new hole into the bridge plate and swap the B string saddle withe G string saddle.
Cheers

[MisterTMH]

The Mr. Gene Parsons installed one of his String Benders into my own G & L classic Telecaster in 2011. It is a great invention.

[Aaron]

Excellent! Do you have a suggestion for a good, but not too expensive, amplifier to use with a B bender or electric guitars in general?

[musicbylewisturner]

Weird question but can use a capo with it and it still bend correctly?

[flapjackson]

That was interesting as hell, bro! I’d never heard of a G bender. Thank you! 🤙

Now I’m gonna look up G bender videos. 🙂

[peteguit]

Hi, you added some kind of extension to the Glaser lever? Joe told me he does not offer this..

[Badhands]

That thing would look a lot better with a green nitrate aged guard - great video- btw, look up a guy named Will Ray- he’s the top of the heap

[RedMercuryBluesBand]

great video....where did you get that strap?

[MrPhilfridge]

Best b bender out there these days, check out Darrin Matney .

[rolandjgutierrez]

Wow you had the fill 100%....RocknRollflat5

[richardweidner]

rolling bender, duesenberg, certano, peters all make great benders that don't require a roto rooter job on your guitar

[MiMi-eqgr]

Quelle musicalité et technique super musicien. j'adore existe t-il un backing track sur cette chanson . Merci

[bojnebojnebojne]

No wonder i could never get the sound for Metallica's Unforgiven 2 right, they used a B bender and i never knew :P, what a noob i am

[jimcarter]

Now I know how its done. Crap. I want one.

[CC-fipp]

Hack an absolutely huge hole in your guitar, install a random and complex mechanism creating more inevitable points of failure, activate it awkwardly in a manner that looks like you're attempting to pass wind mid chord, also sounds like you're attempting to pass pungent amounts of wind mid chord, only used by aging rodeo goers who wear pointy cowboy boots with tassels, ok the pointy high heel boots are kind of cool, but the bender - no.